Red Stack - Transportation of Stuff and Stuff

Stuff and the transportation of stuff has a moderate effect on the red stack.  Many of the numbers are taken from MacKay and then scaled to a value for the US.  These scales are assumed for the stuff portion.  Ex) it is assumed that a person drinks 2 beverages out of aluminum cans a day instead of 5.  For the transportation portion the UK value is multiplied by a ratio of the US exports in dollars and the UK exports in dollars to get a value for the US.

Sources:
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-garbage-does-a-person-create-in-one-year.htm